Amusing Case of Voter Fraud
I normally don’t write about one-off crimes that stupid, hateful people commit, because the actions of one person, regardless of how depraved. doesn’t have any statistical meaning.
Here, however, the irony here is too great to ignore.
Voter fraud is rare, but it does exist. It seems like a huge risk to take to generate one extra vote for a candidate.
Apparently, the state of Texas found 16 votes (out of 11 million votes cast) that didn’t match any known person at that address. From the Texas Tribune, Texas Republicans are using this to:
….stage a sweeping legislative campaign to pass new voting restrictions and election rules, proposing significant changes to nearly the entire voting process and taking particular aim at local efforts to make voting easier. It was formally touched off by Abbott early this year when he named “election integrity” one of his emergency items for the legislative session despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
Would you buy something like this? I don’t think most people would, because, in this case, the packaging is so completely over the top.
The meme here happens to come from a Trump supporter, its author implying that all those who oppose him are blind to the obvious truth: their man is an honest and effective servant of the people, who was ousted through massive voter fraud.
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Expelled?
Yes, this is true, but Trump is very good at protecting something far more dear to them than the Bible or the character of Christ, and that is one thing only: white supremacy.
It will be a very sad event in U.S. history if the perpetrators of the January 6th insurrection are not brought to justice.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees “equal protection under the law,” meaning that law enforcement/justice can’t treat a certain class of citizens differently than another. Of course, there are numerous obvious violations of this clause, e.g., “stop and frisk” aimed at young black men.
It’s pathetic to hear people maligning democratic socialism who couldn’t even tell you what the phrase means.
There a great deal to admire about New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, but perhaps it’s her willingness to be transparent (as shown here) that’s on the top of the list.
